GRE Word List

ROUSING

giving rise to excitement : stirring

The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.

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WordMeaning
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
erratichaving no fixed course : wandering
practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
itineranttraveling from place to place
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
slickhaving a smooth surface : slippery
arrogancean attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
allegorythe expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence
imperiousmarked by arrogant assurance : domineering